PEARL & THE OYSTERS TURN THE "LIGHTS OUT" ON NEW BASKETBALL-THEMED SONG
NEW ALBUM MONKEY MIND PRODUCED BY
JONATHAN RADO OUT THIS FRIDAY, 26 JUNE
UK AND EU SHOWS THIS FALL
US TOUR FROM JULY, MORE DATES ADDED
We’re excited to share Pearl & The Oysters' new track, "Lights Out", taken from their forthcoming album Monkey Mind releasing this Friday. This might be the Knicks’ season, but Pearl's new power pop song celebrates a newfound love for the LA Lakers and the importance of finding joy amid the chaos.
Produced by Jonathan Rado (Weyes Blood, The Lemon Twigs, Father John Misty), Monkey Mind was born from feelings of anxiety and panic as Trump’s second inauguration loomed and wildfires raged through LA in January 2025.
Listen to "Lights Out" , watch the video by Ambar Navarro and pre-save their new album Monkey Mind here! Also, don't miss them touring through he USA/Canada this summer and in the UK/EU this fall.
P&TO by Max Flick
WATCH THE "LIGHTS OUT" VIDEO BY AMBAR NAVARRO
LISTEN TO "LIGHTS OUT":HERE
PRE-SAVE MONKEY MIND:HERE
Pearl & The Oysters, the Paris via Los Angeles duo of Juliette Pearl Davis (Juju) and Joachim Polack (Jojo), will release their new album Monkey Mind on June 26th.
After wildfires raged through LA in January 2025 and Trump’s second inauguration loomed, Juju and Jojo felt extreme panic and anxiety, their “monkey minds” at full speed. The fires threatened not just the city they now call home, but the network of friends and collaborators they had built around them. As a way of dealing with terrifying events, they began writing their new album, Monkey Mind that very night.
Though Monkey Mind’s subjects are serious – the apocalyptic devastation visited upon LA, the states of mind that ensue – new single “Lights Out” is about the importance of finding joy amid the chaos. This might be the Knicks’ season, but “Lights Out” celebrates Jojo’s newfound love for the LA Lakers. A power pop / AOR song, it’s Pearl’s take on “the magnificent loser anthem” – think “Born to Lose” by Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers and Steely Dan’s “Deacon Blues”
The track’s images and lyrics are loosely inspired by basketball, but here “lights out” is spun on its head, meant not to refer to the 1980s Showtime Lakers dynasty, but rather to function as an ode to the eternal loser archetype. Joey Dosik of Vulfpeck – himself a regular national anthem singer at NBA games and lifelong Laker fan – contributes a roaring saxophone solo. Like the rest of Monkey Mind, the track was produced by Jonathan Rado (Weyes Blood, The Lemon Twigs, Father John Misty), recorded to tape with minimal overdubs.
Directed by Ambar Navarro,the video for “Lights” Out” sees the band “monkeying around”, inspired by 80s photos of chimpanzees dressed up in children’s outfits – unplugging a giant, fun size plug, eating bananas and literally turning the lights out.
Monkey Mind is out this Friday 26 June! Don’t miss their US, UK & EU tours later in the year.
Monkey Mind - Tracklist
1. Sound Asleep
2. Wide Awake
3. Stratford & 52
4. Mandarin Moon
5. Solar Return
6. A Pocket Symphony
7. Doom Mood
8. Tracy Hills
9. Shinkansen
10. Portopia ~ Mermaid Parade
11. Lights Out
12. Sound Asleep (Reprise)
CATCH P&TO ON TOUR!
7/8 - Portland, OR - Polaris Hall
7/9 - Seattle, WA - Belltown Yacht Club
7/10 - Vancouver, BC - The Pearl
7/11 - Bellingham, WA - NW Tune-Up Festival
7/14 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
7/15 - Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club
7/16 - Chicago, IL - Sleeping Village
7/17 - Detroit, MI - Outer Limits
7/18 - Cleveland, OH - The Winchester
7/20 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
7/21 - Montreal, QC - Bar le Ritz
7/23 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Arts Center
7/24 - Brooklyn, NY - The Sultan Room
7/25 - Washington, DC - Comet Ping Pong
7/26 - Philadelphia, PA - MilkBoy
7/28 - Pittsburgh, PA - Spirit (Lodge)
7/29 - Indianapolis, IN - Healer
7/30 - Kansas City, MO - recordBar
8/1 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
8/20 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room
8/22 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
9/12 - Austin, TX - Levitation
9/13 - Houston, TX - Dan Electros
9/16 - Gainesville, FL - The Wooly
9/17 - Atlanta, GA - The EARL
9/18 - Savannah, GA - Starland Yard *
9/19 - Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor *
9/21 - Oklahoma City, OK - Resonant Head
9/23 - Albuquerque, NM - Sister Bar ~
9/24 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
9/25 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
9/26 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
10/1 - Santa Cruz, CA - Crepe Place
10/2 - Sacramento, CA - Starlet Room
10/3 - Reno, NV - OffBeat Festival
11/21 - Brighton, UK - Alphabet
11/22 - London, UK - Moth Club
11/25 - Aarhus, Denmark - Phono
11/26 - Goteborg, Sweden - Viva Sounds Festival
11/27 - Stockholm, Sweden - Slaktkyrkan
11/28 - Parkteatret - Oslo, Norway
11/29 - Malmo, Sweden - Plan B
12/1 - Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
12/1 - The Hague, The Netherlands - Paard
12/3 - Luxembourg - De Gudde Wellen
12/4 - Basel, Switzerland - Gannet
12/6 - Paris, France - Petit Bain
* w/ W.I.T.C.H.
~ w/ Dent May
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